Improvement in tea-kettles



ABRAHAM F. wou.V

lmpovement in Tea Kettles.

No. 121,071l u A Painted Nav. 21,1871.

`ABRAHAM F. WOLF, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO A. F.

WOLF 85 CO., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEAnKETTLEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,071, dated November21, 1871.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM F. WOLF, of Beaver Falls, in the county ofBeaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful articleof manufacture, viz., an Improved Lid for Tea-Kettles, of which thefollowing is a specication:

The nature of my invention consists in casting a tea-kettle lid concaveon its upper side and convex on its lower side, whereby I am enabled tomake a true plane Of that portion Of the lid which rests on the top edgeof the mouth of the tea-kettle and also obtain stiffness and strength inthe lid, with the advantage of -making the upper surface of the lidanswer the purpose of a shelf for holding plates or other vessels usedin cooking. Y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my neu7 article ofmanufacture, I Will describe lnore fully its construction.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of atea-kettle provided with my improvement in the lid. Fig. 2 is averticalsection of the same.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the lid, made concave, asshown at B, and p ro- Having thus described my new article ofmanufacture and its advantage, What I claim as of my invention is Aconcave lid for tea-kettles, constructed as herein described, and vforthe purpose set forth.

A. F. WOLF.

Witnesses A. C. JOHNSTON, J AMns J. JOHNSTON. (154.)

